Ruth L. Steiner, Page 54 of 54

Ruth L. Steiner, Page 54 of 54

RUTH L. STEINER, Ph.D.

Work Address / Home Address
Department of Urban and Regional Planning / 4104 NW 19th Place
University of Florida / Gainesville, FL 32605
431 Architecture, PO Box 115706 / Phone (cell): (352) 256-7884
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
Phone: (352) 294-1492 / e-mail:

EDUCATION

Ph.D. / City and Regional Planning
University of California at Berkeley, 1996
Fields: Infrastructure with a Focus on Urban Transportation Planning; Energy and Resources; Planning Theory
Dissertation: Traditional Neighborhood Shopping Districts: Patterns of Use and Modes of Access
M.C.P. / City and Regional Planning
University of California at Berkeley, 1988
Fields: Land Use and Environmental Planning
Thesis: Organizational Aspects of the Implementation of Computer Systems in Local Planning Agencies
M.B.A. / Business Administration
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 1982
Specialization: Environmental Regulation of Business
A.B. / History
Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisconsin), 1979

INTERESTS AND BACKGROUND

Research: Transportation policy and planning; land use and transportation interactions; school siting and children’s travel; design and aging; multimodal transportation planning; growth management; redevelopment of old industrial sites; transportation concurrency; pedestrian and bicycle planning and design; health and the built environment; travel demand management; research methods; health impact assessment; environmental impact assessment; energy and resources planning; use of computers in planning organizations.

Teaching: Graduate courses taught: Transportation Planning and Policy (both on-line and face-to-face); Transportation and Land Use Coordination; Planning Research Design (both on-line and face-to-face); Health and the Built Environment; Research Design for Sustainability (hybrid course); Ecological Issues in Sustainability; Environmental Land Use Planning and Management; Land Development Planning; Urban Planning Project; Survey and Research Design; Doctoral Research Seminar; History and Theory of Planning; and Growth Management Seminar; and lectures in College-wide course on Natural Hazards. Undergraduate courses taught: Introduction to Urban Planning and Development (seminar in honors program); Preview to Urban and Regional Planning; Environmental Analysis (as teaching assistant). I have also taught computer technical training course while employed as a computer systems analyst.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, 2013- present.

Affiliate Faculty, UF Transportation Institute (UFTI), College of Engineering, UF, Gainesville, FL, 2013-present.

Affiliate Faculty, School of Natural Resources and Environment, UF, Gainesville, FL, 1998-present.

Director, Center for Health and the Built Environment, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, UF, Gainesville, FL, 2008-present.

Visiting Professor (sabbatical), Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2014.

Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, UF, Gainesville, FL, 2002-2013.

Associate Director, Center for Multimodal Solutions to Congestion Mitigation, Departments of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Occupational Therapy, and Urban and Regional Planning, UF, Gainesville, FL, 2009-2012.

Visiting Associate Professor (sabbatical), Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2006-2007.

Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, UF, Gainesville, FL, 1996-2002.

Provisional Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, UF, Gainesville, FL, 1994-1996.

Research Associate, Energy Analysis Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and Institute for Transportation Studies and Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1990-1994.

Policy Analyst, Public Service Board, Montpelier, VT, 1988-1990.

Research Assistant, Institute for Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA,

1987-1988.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Conservation and Resource Studies, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1987-1988.

Computer Programmer and Systems Analyst, First Wisconsin National Bank (now US Bank), Milwaukee, WI, 1979-1986.

AWARDS

University of Florida Foundation Research Professor, 2005-2007, 2017-2019.

College of Design, Construction and Planning (DCP) Senior Faculty International Educator of the Year, 2015.

Peace Helmet, Gainesville Chapter of Veterans for Peace (awarded for service to the organization), 2014

Author of paper included in APA Transportation Planning Division’s State of Transportation 2013 - Ahead of the Curve, which won an APA Divisions Council award for contributions to the planning profession.

Participant in University of Florida Science Communication Academy, College of Journalism and Communication, 2013.

Certificate of Appreciation, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Transportation and Land Development Committee – given in recognition for 12 years of service to the committee, January 2013.

People’s Choice Poster Award, Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), 2011.

Dean’s Faculty Service Award, College of Design, Construction and Planning, UF, 2009.

Kermit Sigmon Citizen Participation Award, Gainesville Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization, 2006.

American Planning Association Division Achievement Award (to Transportation Planning Division; award given to Division leadership), 2006.

University of Florida Student Planning Association (SPA) Teacher of the Year, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 2002, 2006.

University of Florida Architecture College Council (ACC) Faculty Advisor of the Year, 2002.

Nominee for Best Panel of ACSP Conference, 1998.

Switzer Foundation Environmental Fellowship, 1993-94.

University of California Transportation Center Dissertation Fellowship, 1992-93, 1993-94.

University of California Transportation Center Fellowship, 1991-92.

American Institute of Certified Planners' (AICP) Outstanding Student Award, 1988.

Out-of-State Tuition Scholarship, University of California at Berkeley, 1986, 1990-91.

Mortar Board Award, 1978.

Lawrence University Scholarship, 1975-79.

State of Wisconsin Honor Scholarship, 1975-76.

4-H Key Award, State of Wisconsin, 1975.

FUNDED RESEARCH

Co-Principal Investigator (with V. Sisiopiku (PI; University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB); O. Ramadan (Co-PI, UAB); N. McDonald (Co-PI, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH))) Technology Influence on Travel Demand and Behaviors, Funded by the Southeastern Transportation Research Innovation, Development and Education (STRIDE) Center, $195,650, August 2017 – June 2018.

Co-Principal Investigator (with K Watkins (PI, Georgia Institute of Technology); N. McDonald (co-PI, UNC-CH); B. Williams (co-PI; North Carolina State University (NC State). Transit in the Era of Shared Mobility. Funded by STRIDE, $269,562, August 2017-July 2018.

Principal Investigator (with N. McDonald (co-PI, UNC-CH). Predicting Congestion: The Challenges of Shifting Travel Behavior on Estimating Trip Generation, Traffic and Other System Impacts. Funded by STRIDE, $182,586, September 2017-July 2018.

Principal Investigator (with M. Cahill). Safe Routes to School Technical Assistance, 2017-2018. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office, $180,000; June 2017 – December 2018.

Co-Principal Investigator (with S. Srinivasan), The Future of Transit, Autonomous/Connected Vehicles and Shared Mobility: A Scoping Study for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, $132,567, March 2017 – February 2018.

Principal Investigator (collaboration with N. Mc Donald, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; separate budgets), Practitioner Workshops on School Siting and School Transportation – Florida and North Carolina, Funded by the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE), $31,645, June 2016-June 2017.

Principal Investigator (with S. Srinivasan and M. Cahill). Safe Routes to School Technical Assistance. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office, $100,000; May 2016 – January 2017.

Co-Principal Investigator (with R. Norberg) Examining the Factors that Influence Florida’s Transportation Considerations in the Future from a Consumer’s Perspective. Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation Office of Policy Planning, $99,697, May 2016-February 2017.

Co-Principal Investigator (with S. Srinivasan, L. Elefteriadou, Y. Yin, and C. Crane). Surveying Florida MPO Readiness to Incorporate Innovative Technologies into Long-Range Transportation Plans. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation, $234,976; July 2014-August 2016.

Principal Investigator. Internal Steering Committee for the Southeastern Transportation, Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center. Funded by the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center STRIDE, $33,172; February 2014-June 2017.

Investigator (with J. Harman, D. Neff, and I. Bejleri). Informing Policies to Maximize Use of Advanced Registered Nurses to Provide Primary Care in Underserved Areas. Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $249,735; September 2013-August 2015.

Co-Principal Investigator (with N. McDonald (UNC-Chapel Hill)). School Transportation: Development of an Educational Module. Funded by the STRIDE, $70,000; August 2013-October 2015.

Co-Principal Investigator (with N. McDonald). Quantifying the Costs of School Transportation. Funded by the STRIDE, $250,000; July 2012-October 2015.

Principal Investigator (with S. Washburn, L. Elefteriadou and A. Gan (Florida International University)). Roundabouts and Access Management. Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation Office of Systems Planning, $222,791; October 2012–March 2014.

Co-Principal Investigator (with W. J. O’Dell). Affordable Housing Suitability and Visioning in Central Florida: Implementation of Heartland 2060. Funded by the HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, $290,000; February 2011–December 2013.

Co-Principal Investigator (with N. McDonald, T. R. Smith, Y. Yang, L. Weigand, C. Lee, X. Zhu, M. Hallenbeck and L. Lin). Federal Safe Routes to School Program: Multi-State Evaluation and National Evaluation Framework, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $300,000; January 2011-January 2013.

Principal Investigator. Impact of the Federal Safe Routes to School Program on Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety: A Comparison of Washington, DC and Florida. Funded by the Southeast Transportation Center, $20,050 (in collaboration with the Noreen McDonald from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill); August 2011-December 2012.

Principal Investigator (inherited from A. Blanco). Modeling the Effect of Accessibility and Congestion in Location Choice. Funded by the Center for Multimodal Solutions to Congestion Mitigation (CMS), $79,977; April 2011-December 2012.

Principal Investigator. Florida Long-Distance Travel Characteristics and Their Impacts on Transportation Systems, Funded by the CMS, $30,000; April 2011-December 2012.

Investigator (with A. Elefteridou (PI) and S. Srinivasan). Expanded Transportation Performance Measures to Supplement Level of Service (LOS) for Growth Management and Transportation. Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation Office of Systems Planning, $199,663; April 2011-September 2012.

Principal Investigator. The Use of Health Impact Assessments in Florida. Funded by the Florida Department of Health, $30,000; December 2011-July 2012.

Principal Investigator (with A. Blanco and D. Jourdan). Impact of Parking Supply and Demand Management on Central Business District (CBD) Traffic Congestion, Transit Performance and Sustainable Land Use: A Study of the Impact of Parking Supply and Demand Management. Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation Research Office, $342,987; January 2010-June 2012.

Principal Investigator (with K. Frank, co-principal investigator). Regional Cooperation in Transportation Planning, Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation Office of Policy Planning, $75,000; March 2011-February 2012.

Co-Principal Investigator (with I. Bejleri, principal investigator). Building a Geographic Information System (GIS) Infrastructure for Childhood Obesity Prevention. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), $600,000; November 2009-October 2010.

Principal Investigator. Cooperative Assistance Agreement. Funded by the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council, $54,000; 2009-2011.

Principal Investigator. Cooperative Assistance Agreement Funded by the City of Newberry, FL, $44,000; 2009-2011.

Co-Principal Investigator (with I. Bejleri, W. O’Dell, and K. Larsen). Florida Housing Suitability Model. Funded by the Wachovia Foundation, $500,000;September 2007–December 2010.

Co-Principal Investigator (with A. Blanco, principal investigator and Z. Peng, co-principal investigator). The Economic Costs and Welfare Losses from Traffic Congestion. Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation Research Office, $97,977; May 2009-August 2010.

Principal Investigator (with S. Srinivasan, co-principal investigator). Vehicle-Miles-of-Travel-Based Traffic Impact Assessment. Funded by the Center for Multimodal Solutions to Congestion Mitigation, $147,000; July 2008-2010.

Co-Principal Investigator (with N. McDonald, principal investigator, and I. Bejleri, co-principal investigator). The Equity of Federal Safe Routes to School Investments. Funded by the RWJF Active Living Research Program, $50,000; 2009.

Co-Principal Investigator (with I. Bejleri, principal investigator, and J. Roth, co-principal investigator). Planning the Infrastructure for a Childhood Obesity Geographic Information System (GIS). Funded by the RWJF, $150,000; 2009.

Principal Investigator (with A. Thomas, co-principal Investigator). Cooperative Assistance Agreement North Central Florida Regional Planning Council, $35,400; 2007-2009.

Principal Investigator. Cooperative Assistance Agreement, City of Newberry, FL, $42,000; 2007-2009.

Co-Principal Investigator (with A. Elefteriadou, principal investigator and W. Mann and D. Hearn, co- principal investigators). Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation, US Department of Transportation (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), up to $8,000,000 comprised of up to $4,000,000 US DOT grant with match from Florida Department of Transportation and other partners; 2007-2011.

Principal Investigator (with I. Bejleri, co-principal investigator). The Impact of Coordinated School Siting on the Potential for Children to Bicycle and Walk to School in Florida. Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $193,913; 2006-2008.

Co-Principal Investigator (with G. Boles, principal investigator). Transportation Planning for Small Communities. Funded by Florida Department of Community Affairs, $45,000; 2007.

Principal Investigator (with K. Larsen, co-principal investigator). Cooperative Assistance Agreement. Funded by City of Newberry, FL, $40,000; 2005-2007.

Principal Investigator (with G. Boles and J. Macedo, co-principal investigators). A Model for the Evaluation of Transportation Concurrency Exception Areas. Funded by Florida Department of Community Affairs, $75,000; 2005-2007.

Co-Principal Investigator (with I. Bejleri, principal investigator and R. H. Schneider, co-principal investigator). GIS-Based Crash Data Analysis Toolkit. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office, $240,000; 2004-2006.

Principal Investigator (with L. B. Crider, co-principal investigator). Safeways to School –The Role in Multi-modal Planning. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation Systems Planning Office, $59,000; 2004-2006.

Principal Investigator (with R. H. Schneider and I. Bejleri, co-principal investigators). Hillsborough County Comprehensive Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash Study. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office, $54,500 includes subcontract of $22,100 with Tindale-Oliver and Associates; 2004.

Co-Principal Investigator (with I. Bejleri, principal investigator). GIS Pedestrian/Bicycle Crash Mapping Training. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office, $34,886; 2003.

Principal Investigator. Future Directions for Multimodal Area wide Level of Service Handbook Research and Development. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation Systems Planning Office, $35,000; 2002-2004.

Co-Principal Investigator (with R. Ellis, principal investigator and K. Courage, co-principal investigator). Pedestrian Safety Engineering and Intelligent Transportation System-Based Countermeasures Program for Reduced Pedestrian Fatalities, Injuries, Conflicts and Other Surrogate Measures. Funded by Federal Highway Administration (Cooperative Agreement DTFH61-01-X-00018, Phase II), $12,565 out of $1,065,000 grant; 2002-2006.